Tasked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Task \Task\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tasking}.]
     1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of
        business, labor, or duty to.
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              There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
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     3. To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
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              Too impudent to task me with those errors. --Beau. &
                                                    Fl.
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